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Does Pomegranate Help In Cleaning Arteries?

Did you know that pomegranate is actually a wonder fruit? This is because this heart healthy fruit can do what even medications cannot. Pomegranate can clean your arteries that have accumulated fats. Most of the people have heart disease and high blood pressure because of the thickening of artery walls due to accumulated fats. Pomegranate helps clean up the arteries and keeps you in good coronary health condition.

This is one of most important health benefits of pomegranate. In a recent study published in the famous medical journal Atherosclerosis, it was found that not only does pomegranate clean your arteries but also has other positive effects on heart health. Here are some of the health benefits of pomegranate that affects the heart directly.

Pomegranate Help Cleaning Arteries

Lipids in Heart Muscles

Having pomegranate regularly reduces the amount of lipids that gets stored in the heart muscles. Lipids are basically fats. So, pomegranate does not allow fats to get stored in the heart.

Cardiac Enlargement

Sometimes the heart muscles start to expand due to stress and overwork. Pomegranate stops this enlargement of the heart although the reasons are still unknown.

ECG

If you eat pomegranate regularly, your ECG or electro cardiogram report will have less of variations. If you have a stable ECG graph then your heart health is supposed to be in good shape. Variations in the ECG graph are symptoms of heart diseases. Thus, pomegranate helps to defend you against coronary diseases.

Oxidative Stress

Our body goes through oxidation constantly. The result of this process is oxidative stress. The most basic side effect of oxidation is ageing of muscles; especially the heart muscles. The health benefits of pomegranate helps to reduce the impact of oxidative stress on your body.

Anti-Inflammatory

We all know that pomegranate has anti-inflammatory properties. It does not allow your muscles or joints to swell. In short, it helps protects the body against aches and pains.

Story first published: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 19:42 [IST]